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| 1 | 1842 | - 1842: Mines Act - No female was to be employed underground, no boy under 10 years old was to be employed underground.Parish apprentices between the ages of 10 and 18 could continue to work in the mines.
There were no clauses relating to hours of work, and inspection could only take place on the basis of checking the 'condition of the workers'. Ironically, many women were annoyed that they could no longer earn the much needed money
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| 2 | 1845 | - 1845: Beginning of the Irish Potato Famine
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| 3 | 1846 | - 1846: After the approval of 273 new lines the Railway System rapidly expands
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| 4 | 1850 | - 1850: Factories Act Extended - restricted all women and young people to no more than ten-and-a-half hours work a day.
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| 5 | 1856 | - 1856: Crimean War begins. Ends 1856
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| 6 | 1857 | - 1857: Divorce becomes obtainable through the civil courts in England & Wales (Matrimonial Causes Act)
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| 7 | 1858 | - 1858: Start of the British Raj as India is delclared a Crown Colony
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| 8 | 1861 | - 1861: - 1865 American civil war between the emancipationist North and the slaveowning South.
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| 9 | 1865 | - 1865: After the defeat of the south the thirteenth amendment passed effectively abolishing slavery in the USA.
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| 10 | 1867 | - 1867: Canada Becomes A Dominion
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| 11 | 1872 | - 1872: Public Health Act establishes urban & rural sanitary authorities.
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| 12 | 1873 | - 1873: Return of Owners of Land is made listing owners of more than 1 acre in Britain & Ireland.
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| 13 | 1875 | - 1875: Civil registration of Births and Deaths now a legal obligation.
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| 14 | 1879 | |
| 15 | 1882 | - 1882: Married Women's Property Act
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| 16 | 1889 | - 1889: Boer War begins. Ends 1902
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| 17 | 1890 | - 1890: Education Act: schooling compulsory for 5-10 year olds
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| 18 | 1894 | - 1894: Third Reform Bill Votes for Agricultural Workers
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| 19 | 1901 | - 1901: Edward VII King of England 1901 - 1910
- 1901: Australia joins the Commonwealth
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| 20 | 1902 | - 1902: The Cremation Act enables public burial authorities to provide & maintain crematoriums out of the rates.
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| 21 | 1905 | - 1905: Aliens Act limits immigration
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| 22 | 1906 | - 1906: British Labour Party Formed
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| 23 | 1910 | - 1910: George V King of England 1910 - 1936
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| 24 | 1911 | - 1911: 1911 - 1912 Strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers
- 1911: Census: Pop. England & Wales 36M, Scotand 4.6M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
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| 25 | 1912 | - 1912: The Titanic sinks on its maiden voyage 14 April
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| 26 | 1914 | - 1914: Start of the first World War, Britain houses 200,000 homeless war refugees from Belgium
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| 27 | 1916 | - 1916: Easter Rising erupts in Dublin as Irish nationalists demand Home Rule.
- 1916: World War I - Battle of the Somme 420,000 British casualties
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| 28 | 1917 | - 1917: On 12 March USA enters war
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| 29 | 1918 | - 1918: End of the First World War - Women over the age of 30 win the right to vote.
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| 30 | 1919 | - 1919: Viscountess Astor First Woman in Commons
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| 31 | 1921 | - 1921: Census: Pop. England & Wales 37.9M, Scotland 4.9M, Northern Ireland 1.25M
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| 32 | 1922 | - 1922: Partition of Ireland creates Northern Ireland & the Irish Free State
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| 33 | 1926 | |
| 34 | 1927 | - 1927: Adopted Children Register begins in England & Wales
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| 35 | 1928 | - 1928: Women over 21 are allowed to vote
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| 36 | 1929 | - 1929: Legal age of marriage with parent's consent raised to 16 (from 12 for girls & 14 for boys)
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| 37 | 1936 | - 1936: Edward VIII uncrowned King of England
- 1936: George VI King of England 1936 - 1952
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| 38 | 1939 | - 1939: Second World War begins.
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| 39 | 1945 | - 1945: Second World War ends
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| 40 | 1947 | - 1947: Indian Independance Partion creates the Muslim State of Pakistan
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| 41 | 1948 | - 1948: National Health Service Established
- 1948: Registrations of British nationality are issued to citizens of British colonies - SS Empire Windrush brings first large-scale influx of immigrants from the West Indies
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| 42 | 1952 | - 1952: Elizabeth II Queen of England
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